Silverware holder



Feb. 11, 1930. T. A. KELLER JR SILVERWARE HOLDER Filed March 12, 1,928

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Patented Feb. 11, 1930 UNITED STATES,

THOMAS'A. KELLER, JR., OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA SILVERWARE HOLDERApplication filed March 12, 1928.

My invention relates to silverware holders and has for its object toprovide a holder preferably constructed from a soft fiexible fabric forthe purposes of containing silverware when in disuse, which holder maycompactly receive a large number of pieces of silverware in such amanner as to hold the same apart and prevent abrasion or injury to theindividual pieces from contact with one another.

An object of the invention resides in providing a holder having aplurality of pockets for the reception of the individual pieces ofsilverware, which pockets are arranged in staggered relation to receivethe individual pieces of silverware in a manner wherein portions only ofthe pieces become exposed.

A further object of the invention resides in providing a back having aplurality of trans versely extending overlapping bands positioned acrossthe same, each band being stitched to the next superimposed band onvertical lines starting at the upper edge of the band and stopping ashort distance from the lower edge of the superimposed band to leave 26a free margin or flap along the lower edge of the said superimposedband.

A further feature of the invention resides in securing the flaps of saidbands to the back proper to form bottoms for the pockets be-- tween saidstitchings, said bands being further secured to the back at the sideedges thereof.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear in thefollowing description, the invention resides in the novel combinationand arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterde scribed and claimed.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a silverware holder illustrating anembodiment of my invention.

- Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the' Serial No. 261,086.

My invention is preferably constructed from a suitable fabric having asoft and 'fleecy surface and comprises a back 10 of sufficient size toprovide for the required number of pockets. Across this back arearranged a plurality of transverse bands 11, 12, 13 and 14 of t 1e samewidth and length, together with another band 15 of somewhat greaterwidth. These bands are stitched to one another and to the back proper inthe following manner:

In the construction of the holder, the band 11 is first laid upon the tale with the-band 12 disposed transversely across the same in overlappingrelation, the said bands overlapping substantially over one-half thearea of each band. These two bands are then sewed together while sopositioned on an ordinary sewing machine along a number of verticalspaced lines 16, which commence at the upper edge 17 of the band 12 andextend to within a short distance of the lower edge 18 of band 11,leaving the lower marginal portion 19 of band 11 free from the band 12to provide a sort of transverse flap extending across the entire band11. In a similar manner the band 13 is placed upon the band 12 with itsupper portion overlapping the lower portion of said band, the upper edge20 of band 13 falling a trifle below the lower edge 18 of band 11. Band13 is similarly stitched along vertical lines 21 to the band 12, whichlines commence at the upper edge 22 of band 13 and extend to within ashort distance of the lower edge 23 of band 12 to leave a flap 24similar to the flap 19. In a similar manner band 14 is placed upon andstitched to the band 13 along vertical lines 30 leaving aflap 31 at thelower portion of said band. The last band 15 is attached to thepreceding band 14 in identically the same manner as the preceding bands,being sewed along vertical lines 32 which terminate above the lower edgeof the said band 14 to leave a flap 33 similar to the flaps 31, 24 and19. All of said bands 11, 12, 13, 14 and'1-5 are thus secured to oneanother along the upper portion'of each band to form a plurality ofpockets 34, 35, 36, 37and 38, which are disposed betweenthe'respec'tiveflaps and the. lower portionsof thep'receding band. Itwill be noted that the respective stit'chings 16, 21, 30 and 32 arestaggered in relation to one another so that the various pockets aredisposed in staggered relation.

After the various flaps 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 have been stitched to oneanother as de scribed, the whole assembly is laid upon the back 10 withthe upper edge 39 disposed below the upper edge 40 of back 10 a distancesubstantially equal to the distance between the upper edges of therespective bands. The band 11 is then stitched to the back proper alongvertical lines 41 which start at the upper edge 39 thereof and terminateat the upper edge 17 of band 12 forming the pockets 34 between the back10 and band 11. After band 11 has been so attached to the back 10, theassemblage of bands is turned back upon the band 11 along a transverseline defined by the lower ends of the several stitchings 16. Thisexposes the flap 19 which lies flat upon the back 10 and permits ofstitching the same to said back along a line 42. As soon as the flap 19has been sewed to the back 10, the band 12 is brought into place uponthe back 10, bands 13, 14 and 15 being now turned back along atransverse line defined by the lower ends of the seams 21 so as toexpose the flap 24 and permit of stitching the same along the line 43 tothe back 10. In a similar manner the flaps 31 and 33 may be stitched tothe back 10 along lines 44 and 45 so that all of the bands 11, 12, 13and 14 have their lower margins secured to the back 10 to form bottomsfor the respective pockets 34, 35, 36 and 37.

The lower end of the band 15 having no succeeding band beneath it, maybe further stitched to the back 10 along lines 46, forming acontinuation of the seams 32. This makes the pockets 38 stitchedthroughout their entire length, as distinguished from the pockets 34,35, 36 and 37 which are stitched only at their upper portions. Ifdesired, the lower edge 47 of the band 15 ma be stitched to the back 10or the same may e left open, as

shown in the drawings, to permit of inserting articles of silverwaretherein desired to pass completely through the same. After the variousbands 11, 12, 13 and 14 have been transversely stitched to the back 10,all of said bands, including the band 15, are stitched along two lines48 and 49 at the side edges thereof to said back to securely attach allof the parts of the holder together along its two sides. Due to thestaggering of the respective pockets, it will be noted that the endpockets indicated at 50, 51 and 52 formed between the upper portions ofthe bands 11,

13 and 15 are only one-half the size of the remainder of the pockets.These pockets may be utilized for smaller articles, or the same may beleft empty, as desired.

In the use of the device the width of the various bands may be increasedor decreased to accommodate different sizes of articles of silverware,the particular length depending upon the particular article for which itis desired to be used. When the articles are arranged in the respectivepockets as suggested in Fig. 1, portions of the same protrude from thepockets so as to be visible to the user. hen so arranged, the variousarticles are at all times kept apart so that abrasion or injury to therespective articles from contact with one another is prevented. When theholder has been filled, the same may be rolled from side to side and theentire holder placed in a drawer or other suitable place. If desired,the holder may hang in extended position so as to display and give readyaccess to the contents of the same. When the pockets 36 and 37 are notused or filled, the holder may be folded transversely along a line inproximity to the upper edge 37 of band 14 so as to make a parcel ofone-half of the height of the extended holder, which parcel, if desired,may be further rolled into a more compact form.

The invention is particularly advantageous in that it serves to supportin an accessible manner a large number of compactly assembled pieces ofsilverware. All of the articles of silverware carried by the holder havesome portion of the same visible to the user so that the selection andremoval of a given article from the holder may be quickly andconveniently accomplished. v.In staggering the pockets, the variousarticles are kept from contact with one another so as to preventabrasion or injury to the same. The holder may be quickly and easilyfabricated by means of an ordinary sewing machine, thereby obviating theuse of special machinery. A minimum number of odd sized pieces isrequired so that the holder may be constructed at a very reasonablecost.

Changes in the specific form of my invention, as herein disclosed, maybe made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from thespirit of my invention.

Having described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to protectby Letters Patent is:

1. A silverware holder comprising a back, a band positioned across saidback, a second similarly disposed band overlapping the lower portion ofsaid first band, said second band being stitched to said first band atintervals throughout its length and free from said back along some ofthe stitchings thereof, and said first band being stitched to said backat intervals throughout its length.

2. A silverware holder comprising a back, a band positioned across saidback, a second similarly disposed band overlapping the lower portion ofsaid first band, said second the first band and back being staggeredwith respect to the stitchings between said first and second bands.

3. A silverware holder comprising a back, a band secured across saidback, a second hand disposed in position overlapping the lower portionof said first band, and a third band disposed in position overlappingthe lower portion of said second band, the second band being stitched tothe first band at intervals throughout the length thereof and free fromsaid back along some of the stitchings thereof and the third band beingsimilarly stitched to said second band and free from both the back andfirst band along some of the stitchings thereof.

a. A silverware holder comprising a back, a transversely extending bandpositioned across said back and secured at its upper portion to saidback and a second transversely extending band positioned across saidfirst band over the lower portion thereof in overlapping relation, saidsecond band being stitched to said first band on spaced vertical linescommencing at the top of said second band and extend ing down to withina short distance of the bottom of said first band to leave a flap alongthe bottom of said first band, free from said second hand and said flapbeing stitched to said back.

5. A silverware holder comprising a back, and a plurality oftransversely extending bands arranged one upon the other in overlappingrelation, each succeeding band being positioned below the middle of thepreceding band, the first band being secured at its upper portion tosaid back and each following band being stitched to the preceding bandalong spaced vertical lines extending from the top thereof to within ashort distance of the bottom of the preceding band to form a flap oneach band, and all of said flaps being secured to said back.

6. A silverware holder comprising a back, a plurality of transverselyextending bands arranged one upon the other in overlapping relation,each succeeding band being positioned below the middle of the precedingband, the first band being secured at its upper end to said back andeach following band being stitched to the preceding band along spacedvertical lines extending from the top thereof to within a short distanceof the bottom of the preceding band to form a flap on each band, thesaid stitchingson each band being staggered relative to the stitchingson either the preceding or succeeding band to provide staggered pocketsbetween said bands, and all of said flaps being secured to said back toform bottoms in said pockets.

7. A silverware holder comprising a back, a plurality of transverselydisposed overlapping bands positioned across said back, said bands beingsecured to one another on vertical lines to form vertical pocketstherebetween,

the lower edges of said bands being further secured to said back atdifferent positions along the same to form bottoms in said pockets.

8. A silverware holder comprising a back, a plurality of transverselydisposed overlapping bands positioned across said back, said bands beingsecured to one another on staggered vertical lines to form staggeredvertical pockets therebetween, the lower edges of said bands beingfurther secured to said back to form bottoms in said pockets.

9. A silverware holder comprising a back,

a plurality of transversely disposed bands arranged one upon the otherin overlapping relation, each band being stitched at its upper portionto the preceding band and being free from said back along some of saidstitchings to form pocket openings and being stitched to said back alongits lower margin to close the bottoms of pocket openings.

10. A silverware holder comprising a back and a plurality of bandsdisposed across said back, each band overlapping a portion of the nextadjacent band, said bands being stitched to each other and to said backto provide series of pockets extending transversely of the back, eachband forming the front of one series of pockets, the backs whereof beingformed, in part, by the overlapped band and, in part, by said back.

11. The method of forming a silverware holder comprising a back andbands transversely disposed in respect thereto in overlapping relation,the same consisting in first stitching each band to its companion bandon spaced lines beginning at the overlapping edge of the one andextending to a position stopping short of the overlapped edge of theother, then stitching the upper marginal portion of the topmost band tothe back, and then stitching the lower marginal portion of each band tothe back beginning with the lower marginal portion of the topmost band.

12. A silverware holder comprising a back and a plurality of bandsdisposed across said back, each band overlapping a portion of the nextadjacent band, the lower edges of said bands being directly stitched tosaid back in progressively varying positions, and means for securing theupper ends of said bands to one another independent of said back to formpockets therebetween.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature to this specification.

THOMAS A. KELLER, JR.

